Membership Categories

A Regular Member certifies:

At least 51% of their professional time is devoted to representing or advancing the rights of employees and/or union members;

They do not have more than one (1) case on file in any judicial or administrative forum on behalf of an employer;

No more than 25% of their professional time is devoted to civil defense work (non-employment);

They are not employed or about to become employed by any law firm that primarily does defense work;

They do not belong to or receive appointments from any defense panel; and,

They do not belong to any organization* whose members primarily defend employers against claims of employees.

*Organizations such as California Employment Law Council; Association of Southern California Defense Counsel; Association of Defense Counsel of Northern California; California Workers' Compensation Defense Attorneys' Association. Bipartisan organizations such as the Labor and Employment Law Section of the State Bar of California are not barred from membership.

An Associate Plus member certifies:

They are in good standing with the State Bar of California;

They represent at least one (1) employee OR one (1) union advocating for an employee in a judicial or administrative forum OR are a full time mediator, arbitrator, law school professor or law student/paralegal;

They do not represent ANY defendant in any judicial or administrative forum, whether in an employment case or a non-employment civil case;

They are not employed or about to become employed by any law firm that primarily does defense work;

They do not belong to any panel whose members defend employers against claims of employees.

An Associate member certifies:

They are in good standing with the State Bar of California; and,

At least 51% of their professional time is devoted to representing plaintiffs.